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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-03-02
THE WORK IN CATAWBA.
RosEMAN, Catawba Co., n. c.,
February 26, 1887.

According to an appointment of
Club No. l, there met at Piney
Grove School House on the evening
of the 23rd of February, large
number of farmers of said district.
After consultation, Club No. l sus-
pended business, and proceeded to
organize a new Club-the President
and Secretary of Club No. being
the only officers present. The Pres
ident called the meeting to order
and expressed his surprise and pleas
ure on seeing such large and in
telligent crowd Of farmers out on
such rainy evening, and said it
must mean something. He address
ed the meeting upon the necessity
of the farmers organizing. A Club
of ~ members was then organized
with the following officers: P. X.
Little, President, D. w. Moose, Vice
President, A. Deal, Secretary, A. S.
Hollar, Treasurer; Peter Little, D.
E. Isenhouer and J. F. Hollar, Ex-
ecufive Committee. After the Club
was organized it appointed delegates
to the farmers convention on the
Goth Of February to organize the
various Clubs into a County Club.
The name of this new club is Cat
fish Club, No3, of Cline's Township.
We expect good results from it.
n. e. SIGMAN, President.
w. P. Sigman, Secretary.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-03-02
NEW CLUB IN DAVIE.

The farmers of Bethel School
House, Davie county, met last Sat
urday and organized a Farmers
Club with seventeen members. The
following officers:
Col, A. NJ. Booze President Cas-
per Sain, Sr., Vice-President n. H.
G. Williams, Treasurer; E. w. Moor
ing, Secretary.
+. W. Mooring, w. P. Coon and
n. II. G.. Williams were appointed a
committee to draft bylaws govern
ing the working Of the club, and
ordered to report at the next regu-
lar meeting.
After the organization, addresses
were made by w. J. Atkinson and
E. w. Mooring.
After the discussion Of several
topics, viz: The benefit of clover
and improved grasses, the best grass
to SOW on meadows, and the profits
and loss in sheep raising, the Club
adjourned to meet on the first Sat
urday in March, at 2 p. m, sharp.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-03-02
WINSTON, N. c., MARCH 2, 1887.

| Lldy CdA uTuiIlIllCFS, luVICC ltllIIll-
grants, entertain and banquet north
ern editors, do all this, and even
more Of the same sort, but if the
common farmer is to be left to strug-
gle on in almost total darkness and
to fight single handed and alone the
hideous monsters ignorance and
poverty, cup building" will be slow
indeed. There is widespread anxi-
ETY. among farmers, they are anxious
ly inquiring every where what they
shall do. Adverse seasons, short
crops, low prices, debts, and accumu-
lating interest are sorely pressing
them to the borders of ruin. They
must have help from some where,
they must have a new inspiration of
hope or give up in utter despair [
rejoice to see in the general awaken
ing among farmers through out the
State as shown in the organization
of ''The North Carolina Farmers
Association the coming hand Of
deliverance They mean business,
and it is high time they do There
are so many things that can be done
by the united efforts of the many
for the farmers betterment, that
surely no one will excuse himself
and depend on others to do for him
This, in great degree, is what is
the matter with us, we have been
relying on the politician to make
our laws for us, and leave it to the
lawyers to construe and explain
them in their mystic meanderings,
depending upon the commission
men and the merchants to transact
all of our business for us, and in
consideration Of their very kind
supervision over us, we mort tgage to
them our crops, land, and household
goods, thereby reIinquishing all of
our claims to noble manhood, and
bequeathing to them and their heirs
and assigns forever our most sacred
"titles clear to mansions in the skies"
This whole order of things must be
changed and it will be done in the
near future. Go first to the COM
mon farmer with Farmers Institute,
get him to reading and thinking in
sensible way about his work. This
will intuse into him new spirit for
work, and more vigorous manhood
for the performance of all his duties.
His boys and girls will catch the
inspiration of this new life and will
be ready and anxious to enter the
Agricultural College to prosecute
higher courses of scientific investi-
cation as directly applied to their
calling In this way in few years
every farmer may be raised up to a
higher and better life. Then the
whimpering, gainsaying whipper-
snappers about the market place
may giggle at their own diminutive
cussedness," So mote it be.
D. NJ. PAYNE, Sec'v.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-03-02

The Montpelier Agricultural Club,
in Vance county was organized in
1878 and has been in successful
operation ever since Its constitu-
ton and bylaws are published in
last weeks issue Of the Henderson
Gold Leaf 1t has standing commit
tees to examine and report at the
meetings on the following subjects
1st. Condition of enclosure and
lots around the dwelling.
End. Garden and orchard
3rd. Stable and out houses.
4th. Stock of all kinds.
9Th. Farming implements.
9th. Crops 4.
7th. Fences, gates and bitches.
9Th Manures.
9Th. General management.
10th Suggestions for the benefit
of the owner.
11th Ideas su uggested for the bene-
fit of the club.
VIM. Wallace White, of Middle
burg, is Secretary.
A meeting of the farmers of Davie
county in the vicinity of Oak Grove
School House, meet tomorrow to
organize a Farmers Club.
Concluded on fifth page.)
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
The vearers of the Iron Grown.

The iron crown, il sacro chiodo-the
holy nail, as the inhabitants of Monza
call twas worn by Charlemagne and by
long succession of German enperors
after him, ending with Charles v. Napo-
leon Bonaparte was the last sovereign
upon whose head it rested. With charac-
teristic audacity he put it there himself.
1t was in May, 1905, that he gathered
about him at Milano the dignitaries of the
empire, the foreign diplomats and his
generals, and, in the presence of his vic
torious army, set the crown upon his own
bead with the words that stand engraved
on it's rim: ''God gave it to me. Woe unto
him who touches it"
In 1859, when the Austrians were
driven from Lombardy, they carried the
iron crown with them, first to Mantua and
afterward to Vienna, where it was kept
until Venice was coded to Italy by the
peace of 1866. Then it was returned to
the cathedral at Monza, and there it re-
mains still, jealousy guarded with Queen
Theodolinda's other treasures and the
crown of her royal husband. York
Mail and Express.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06

Lake City Sentinel: A man who
is working to secure small piece OF
property, substitutes new and dis
tinct ambition for remote and vague
one, said Henry Ward Beecher. Day
dreams about large estates ard prince
ly incomes may be very amusing,
but they are not half so profitable as
the vision of lot 50x100 with snug
little dwelling house upon it. With
this before him man will rise early
and late, turn his hand cheerfully to
any or all kinds of work. He will
have motive for rigorous economy
which will make it a pleasure. He
will have visions of the last payment
before him as a perpetual motive to
moderation in passions, economy in
expenses, abstinence from expensive
companions. Thus it will come to
pass that judicious debt incurred at
the beginning of journeyman
laborer's career will become his good
genus, watching over him, melting
him to all industry and to self-govern-
ment. Every laboring man ought to
own his own home. The very first
duty of the working man should be
to convert his earnings into real
estate,
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
General Law Business
Transacted.

come within the range of the poorest.
They have besides other attractions
which the cheap drinking houses do
not have. A correspondent of the
Churchman, speaking of the Lock
hart system, says that in every neigh
borhood where these cocoa-rooms
have been established in London the
drinking saloons are doing most
improbable business, and many OF
them have been compelled to close
their doors. The projectors OF the
system, it is added, make no pro-
fessions of philanthropic Intentions,
but conduct the business on strictly
paying basis and solely for profit.
AS to the general results of the coffee
and cocoa business on the drink
traffic In England, the fact is adduced
that in 1885 the revenue from alcohol
In Finland was 81, 10000 less than in
1884, and that after making allowance
or the increase IN population, the
revenue from alcohol has decreased
about es,S5S,OOO in the past ten years.
There can be- no doubt that this re-
duction of revenue, as we'll as the
marked decrease in intoxication OBJ
servable in England, is partly owing
to the Introduction of the coffee
houses. After making allowance
for the altered conditions of society
in this country, there is no reason to
believe that the system once estab-
lished here OH a thoroughly practical
basis would not be as successful as in
England. There can be no question
that the need is as great.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
HANGING OF THE GAMBLERS.
How vicksburg Was Made a High Grade
Moral City.

How vicksburg Was Made a High Grade
Moral City.
ever hear of the hanging of the gam
blers at Vicksburg?" inquired Capt.
Oglesby of a reporter, at the congress of
ancients, as those worthless gathered in
the usual hebdomadal session. 'I'l tell
you about it. AS piece of amateur mu-
nicipal justice it took high rank in its day.
To begin at the beginning / have got to
go back to Natchez. That place was, in
its day, the most beautiful upon the Mis-
sissippi river between New Orleans and
ST. Louis. 1t is on bluff 200 feet high,
called the North Chickasaw bluff. 1t
was before the war the home of wealth,
many rich planters living there. These
men owned large cotton plantations in
Mississippi, others had great sugar planta-
lions in Louisiana. Up in the city the So
ciety was polished and aristocratic. There
was little bottom next the river, and
under the bluff narrow strip where
there was a large business done in the
way of merchandising of various kinds,
commission and cotton shipping.
''Silver street, next the bluff, between
that and the water, was occupied by
whisky sellers, gambling houses, dance
houses and other bad resorts. This bluff
had been gradually settling for three or
four years. Every now and then there
would be q landslide. In 1884 great
slide made it necessary for the Silver
street occupants to seek other haunts.
The gamblers and the other disrepUtable
denizens went to Vicksburg, which had
up to that time been rather an orderly
town and desirable place to live in. After
the arrival of the gamblers Vicksburg be-
gan to be notorious through it's new pop
ulation. Many outrages were committed.
1t came to such pass that the good citi-
zens of Vicksburg held public meeting
to correct the abuses. A committee, with
DIR. Bodley at the head, a prominent
gentleman, esteemed by every one. visited
the gambling houses and whisky shops.
Hand bills had been posted ordering the
gamblers to leave the town insideof TWEEN
| ty-four hours.
"When the committee appeared fight
took place, in which DR.. Bodley was
killed and two or three other citizens
| badly wounded This murder aroused
the most intense feeling and the highest
excitement. do not think a mob was
| ever organized in shorter time Five
| gamblers who were most prominent in
| the attack that resulted in murder were
taken up on the hill and all swung up.
It was q great day for Judge Lynch.
When they were dead they were taken
| down and thrown into graves at the foot
of the gallows, quantity of their gam
bling implements being thrown into the
ditch and buried with them. The lynch
ers then took an old scow, and, putting
ten or dozen more gamblers upon It who
were not directly connected with the muir
| der, pushed it out into the Mississippi
without oar or pole of any kind and set
them adrift. The remaining gamblers
left the town in great haste, glad to es,
cape with their lives, and for many q
long year thereafter Vicksburg was noted
as high grade moral town. "-Indianap.
oils Journal.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas, default has been made in the
payment Of the moneys secured by, and in
the conditions Of that certain mortgage
hereinafter mentioned and described, where.
by the power of sale therein contained and
Herewith recorded has become operative,
said mortgage was made and executed by e
N. barrow and Jennie G. barrow (his wife),
as mOrtgagors, to Nancy Deming Payne, az
mortgage, and was given to secure the sum
of Five Hundred Dollars (S500.O0), according
to the terms OF one principal note therein
described, with interest thereon at the rate
of per cent. per annum, payable semi
annually, according to the six coupon inter-
est notes of Twenty Dollars ($20.0oj each, at
from / to inclusive, bears date December 49,
1884, and was filed for record in the office Of
the Register of Deeds in and for Stevens
County, Minnesota, on the Goth day of De-
cember, 1884. and was duly recorded therein
on said day, at o'clock A. NJ, in Book "J"
of mortgage deeds. page 2S6;
And whereas, said mortgage provided that
If default be made in the payment of any Of
said coupon interest notes, said mortgage,
at her election and without notice of such
election, might foreclose said mortgage for
the whole of said principal sum with accrued
interest and money paid for taxes and ingur-
ance, If any on said premises, and whereas
said mortgage has elected to foreclose said
mortgage for the whole of said principal sum
and accrued interest and money paid for
taxes and insurance, II any, and accordingly
there is now claimed to be due and is due on
said mortgage the sum of Five Hundred,
Sixty-three and 15-100 Dollars (S583. 1b), prin.
c1paI ana accrued interest and money paid
for taxes, and no proceedings at law or In
equity having been instituted to recover the
same or any part thereof;
Now therefore, notice Is hereby given, that
by virtue of the power of sale in said mort
gage contained, and under and by virtue OF
the statute in such case made and provided,
said mortgage will be foreclosed as above set
forth, and the premises therein described and
conveyed by said mortgage, situate in Stew
ems Comfy, Minnesota, and described as fol.
lows, to-wit: The East q of the North East
u and the East y of the South East Il, in
Section 81, Town 1874, Range AZ according to
the U. s. Government survey thereof, to-
gether with the appurtenances thereunto
belonging, will be sold by the Sheriff of said
Stevens County, Minnesota, at public auction
TO the highest bidder for cash, on Saturday,
the 18th day of August, AID 1887, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon of that day, at the front door
of the Court House in the Village of Morris,
said Stevens County, Minnesota, to satisfy
said mortgage debt, with accrued interest
and the money paid for taxes on said prem
Uses and insurance, IL any, and the expenses
of foreclosure allowed by law, together with
the sum of $4,000 attorneys fees as stipulated
In said mortgage, subject to redemption at
any time within one year nom day Of sale as
provided by statute.
Dated June 18th, 1887.
NANCY DEFINING PAYNE,
Mortgage.
N G. DARRow, Attorney for Mortgage,
4bs & 400 Temple Court, Minneapolis, MINI
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
FARM Frs /!

You may have heard report to the
effect that The Warder, Bushnell i
Glessner Company, manufacturers of
Champion binders, mowers and reap
ers, was busted and their business is
now in the hands of a receiver. This
I denounce altogether as bare-faced
lie. This is being circulated for
effect by men who are rather attend
ing to business belonging to others in
place of attending to their own.
A short time since report came
out in some eastern papers that the
Champion Machine Company had
made an assignment, and had asked
for receiver. The court at once
appointed VIM. n. Whitley, presi-
dent Of the Champion Machine Com
pany, as its receiver. This assign
ment was due to some complicated
business matters with the Fidelity
Bank at Cincinnati, Ohio, which
closed its doors short time since.
The members of the Champion Ma
chine Company are known as White
ley, Fasler & Kelley. Several years
ago VIM. n. Whitley and some of
the members of The Warder, Bushnell
& Glessner Company, with the patents
for the Champion machines, COM
menced to manufacture and offer
them for sale. Some time after the
opening of this manufacturing estab-
lishment, two distinct and separate
companies were formed, each manu-
featuring the Champion machine,
though offering them for sale in two
separate territories. Whitley, Fasler
& Kelley having the eastern states,
while The Warder, Bushnell & Chess
ner Company control the western.
therefore beg to inform you all,
that The Warder, Bushnell & Chess
ner Company will still continue to
offer Champion Binders, Mowers and
Reapers, known as the best in the
world, for sale as usual. And any
one wishing to ascertain The Warder,
Bushnell & Glessner Company's fnan-
cial condition, may refer to the First
National Bank of Chicago, ILL.,, where
they can acquire what information
they wish.
The Champion Binders and Mowers
will be cutting the grain and grass in
this glorious northwest long after
those weary, narrow minded, peace
destroying competitors of ours are
laid in their little bed to rest. I
would suggest shat they wipe their
nose, brace up, and 60 into some other
business besides trying to tear down
a machine az we'll known az the
Champion.
Yours truly,
G. T. ELsHAM.
General Agent for The Warder,
Bushnell & Glessner Company.
Morris, Mimi, July 5, 1887.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
"Just the Cheese"

In The Chautauquan, in Rev. E. E.
Hale's article on Common Errors in
English" the following is found: "We
hear boy say, This is just the cheese,
where there is no cheese, nor any sign Of
any. The boy does not know that he is
speaking Hindostanee, but he is. He says,
if he could spell correctly, 1T is just the
chiz,' chiz being the Hindostanee word
for thing. Now, it is certainly not i'm,
proper for boy to exclaim in triumph
That's just the thingr boston Herald
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
City Girls and Country Girls.

It is one of the principles of modern
sentiment that fine compilations are a
country product. Pink and white faces
are invariably connected with fields and
farm houses, and fair and blooming
skin is counted the country girls heritage
in contradistinction to that of her town
sister. The country girl has not only not
better complexion than the town girl
she has a decidedly worse complexion.
Take company Of town girls and COM
pany of country girls-where will you
find the smooth, clear, fresh looking faces?
Generally among the former And the
thick, colorless, lifeless skins9 Generally
among the latter. This is fact that any
one can verify by observation. Milwau-
keo Wisconsin.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
jeff Davis wants his flags back as

jeff Davis wants his flags back as
he thinks he may need them again.
He says of the rebels, "Our men
fought for principle and that they
have not surrendered" Overton
Post, at its last meeting, adopted
resolutions condemning Grover Cleve-
lands attempt TO unlawfully restore
To rebels who have not surrendered
theirtrcasonable principles, the flags
which they unfurled as their emblem,
anu the Morris Sun says "the set Of
resolutions passed by the Post Is re-
plete with froth and untruth." II
seems there are few of them in the
North who have not yet surrendered
their principles and the "Gudgeons'
are catching on" as to who they are
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
A MOOD.

Something has made the world so changed,
Something is lost from field and sky;
And the earth and sun are sadly estranged,
And the songs of nature seem turned to a cry.
Yet heard my blithe little neighbor tell
How fair is the Spring to see.
Ah,.well,
Perhaps the change is in me.
Something has gone from your smile, sweetheart;
Something miss from your look, your tone,
Though you stand quite near we are still apart;
You may clasp me close, but feel alone.
Yet over and over your love you tell, =,
And as you say, it must be.
All, well, ~
Perhaps the change is in me. --~
Albion M. Fellows in Frank Leslie's
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
NOTICE..

All parties knowing themselves to
be indebted to me, will please call at
my office with Johnson & Bicknell,
over Stevens County Bank, and settle
at once. All accounts not settled af-
ter 30 days will be left with q collec-
tor for collection. If you should not
find me personally at my office, you
can settle with johnson & Bicknell.
If H. B. WOLFF.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
Collapse in Diarrhma.

Ice water enemata are used with sue
cess in the Birmingham general hospital
in cases of collapse often seen during di-
arrh9a i'll young children. 1t is claimed
that one injection, two or three ounces,
is very soon followed by sleep, and that
by the astringent effect on the congested
vessels of the intestines the.diarrhua is
diminished. 1t is further claimed that
no depression or other bad effect has re-
sulted.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
A California paper says that wild peaches

A California paper says that wild peaches
may be found growing in the sand about
MORO bay, San Luis Obispo county The
trees are dwarfs, and the fruit is small,
with thin pulp. 1t is said to be pleasant
to the taste, and evidently could be i'm
proved upon cultivation. Here is O chance
for those who like to experiment in such
things, and it is possible that variety of
peach worth having might be developed
from these wild trees by cultivation. Chi
CagO Times,
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
Don't Mortgage Your Farm

If you can help it. But if you
must have money, we have
100000 to Loan on Improved
Farms, in quantities to suit, on
Long Time, Easy Terms, and
at Low Rates of Interest, with
privilege of paying up before
or after due.
Money loaned to Prove Up.
Our terms are better than
ever offered before by any one.
Loans made quietly, quickly,
and without expense.
The Stevens County Abstract l. Real
Estate Agency,
NORRIS, MINNESOTA.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
Chronic Coughs and Colds

And all diseases of the Throat and
Lungs, can be cured by the use OF
Scott's Emulsion, as it contains the
healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil and
Hypophosphites in their fullest form.
Is beautiful creamy Emulsion, pala-
table as milk. easily digested, and
can be taken by the most delicate.
Please read: II consider SCOTS
Emulsion the remedy par-excellence
in Tuberculous and Strumous At
fections, to say nothing of ordinary
colds and throat troubles. Nv. r. S.
CONNELL. NJ. D. Manchester, o. 25t4
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06

The Minnesota Farmers Alliance,
although not embarrassed financially
have but little money at their dis
posal. Evidently farmers need to
take greater interest in the move
ment and should contribute necessary
funds more promptly. The move
ment is one that is sure to result in
good and ought never to be in a
starved condition.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
A Drum of the Congo.

One of the native drums found in the
Congo region was q queer thing. 1t was
made of log about five feet long. A
long oblong hole was pierced in the top of
the log, which had been dug out as much
as possible. When struck on either side
of the hole with a stick the log emitted a
sound which could be heard for miles.
The longer the distance the more un-
earthly the sound.-Chicago Herald.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06

Cheap postage with Mexico (as
cheap us with Canada1 went into
force on July l, and practical reci-
procity treaty, applying to imports
and exports through the mails in
packages not weighing more than four
and half pounds.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06

The drive we'll patent expired on
Jan. II, 1885. Those who have bought
the apparatus since that time cannot
be held amenable to the law which
has been enforced against those who
used it before the expiration Of the
patent.
Morris tribune., 1887-07-06
X is a Pleasure

Writes Mrs. Eliza Ann Smith, of
Vermillion, Erie Co. Ohio, to tell the
ladies everywhere that nothing sur
passes DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic for all
irregularities. ut cured me when
the physicians and all other remedies
failed.n